sacculus Latin · revision 34758

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=la saccus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsak.kʊ.ɫʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsak.ku.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sacculus''' ''m'' (genitive sacculī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|saccus|-ulus|t1=sack, bag]], a diminutive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) The base [[m|la|saccus]] is a borrowing from [[grc|σάκκος|tr=sákkos]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Lucilius, where it is a bag for straining wine;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler gives Lucretius as the first source.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Classical writers use it for small bags of any kind, such as bags of barley or of pearls in Pliny the Elder, but especially for a [[m|en|purse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Catullus says his purse is full of cobwebs, that is, empty, and Juvenal describes a swelling purse.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it could mean a treasury or funds, and also an estate.^(Niermeyer 1976) British sources use it for small sacks of grain or flour and for money-bags.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius mentions a bag for straining wine.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus says his purse is full of cobwebs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it for bags of barley and pearls.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal uses it of a full purse.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small [[m|en|bag]] or sack.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A bag for straining wine.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A [[m|en|purse]], money-bag.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|treasury]], funds; an estate.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sacculārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[saccārius]]

+ * [[saccellus]]

+ * [[saccō]]

+ * [[saccus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}